Wire-reel



E. L. CROSWHITE WIRE REEL. APPLICATION FILED 950.21. 1920.

1. 399 934 Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

2- SHEETS-SHEET l- HUWH E. L. CROSWHITE.

WIRE REEL. APPLICATION HLED 050.21.1920.

1,399,934, Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

ESTELL. cnoswnrrn, or KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

- I WIRE-REEL.

I Application filed December 27, 1920. Serial'No. 433,106.

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' Be it known that I, EsTEL L. GRoswHrrE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful I Improvement in -Wire- Reels, of which th tion. I I

, My invention relates to improvements in wirer'eels. i

The object of my invention .is to provide a novel reel adapted to be attached to and revolved with a vehicle wheel and arranged to be adjusted so as to support bundles of coiled wire having different diameters .and arranged for the automatic winding of the p I V "COmPilSI IIg, preferably, the following dewire thereon, or for the automatic unwindmg of the wire.

A further object of my lnventlon 1s to provide a wire reelwhichfis simple, cheap to make, durable and not liable to get out of order, which is eflicient in operation, and which can be readily mounted on a vehlcle wheel or a vehicle body.

The novel features of my invention are fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodimentof my invention, g V Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved wire reel shown mounted on the vehicle wheel, a portion of the body of the vehicle being shown.

Fig. 2 is a top view of what is shown in Fig. 1. V i 7 r 3 is a rear elevation of a portionof the'wire guide.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the pivoted hook and parts connected therewith.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the wire reel.

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the reel shown mounted on a wagon-bed, which is shown in vertical section.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

' 1 and 2 designate respectively a wagon box and rear wheel. s

3 designates a ring, preferably, a right angle. in cross section arranged'to encircle the hub 4 of the wheel 2.

Rotatably mounted in the ring 3 is a rotary member 5, which is held in position by means of plates'o, Fig. 1, which are clamped to peripheral lugs 7 on the ring 3 by means Specification of Letters-Eatent.

e following'is a specifica- Patented of bolts 8,-whichat their inner endare providedrespeeti'vely' with hooks 9 adapted to respectively embrace the spokes 1016f the wheel 2. V V 1 y The member 5'ghas outwardly, extending arms 11'. I provide two crossed bars 12,

which-are,preferably, rigidly and centrally f attached to each other and which are irespectively provided with two radial dia metrically opposite U-shaped portions 13,

the-inner arms of which are respectively rigidly secured to the arms 11.

A bracing ring 14 is rigidly attached to the outer arms of the U-shaped portions by Y U-bolts 15. j

I provide wire bundle supporting means scribedparts: j V, c

Upon 'each-U-shaped portion 13 is. a pair of clamping plates 16"disposed respectively at opposite sides ofand clamped "tothe ad'- jacent portion 13 by means of two bolts- 17 having nuts 18 andwhich extend between the arms of the "adjacent U-shapedportion 13. Preferably, each plate 16-is provided 1 with two grooves 19 in which are respectively fitted thearms of the adjacent U-- shaped'portion 13 This eonstruction' prevents the plate 16- from turning, while per,- mltting' of the radial. adjustment of the plate 16 on the bars 12. This adjustment may be obtained afterjhavingj loosened the.

nuts 18." The inner surfaces of the grooves 19 may be milled or roughened to. against correspondingly roughened portionsof the rods 12;

clampingplates 16 of an adjacent pair. The

members 20 are arranged'to be swung on" the bolts 21 to and from a wire holding po- 7 vide a link 22, which ispivoted between two linksg23'by a transverse pin 24. The link" 22 is pivoted to one of the adjacent plates 16 by a' transverse pin 25'. -The links 28 are 2O desi'gnates. a plurality of Ueshaped coil holding members, each of which'has its arms pivoted by transversebolts21 to the two 1,2 and-6, andat the left in Fig. 5, I prorespectively pivoted to the armsiof .the adjacent'm'ember 20by two pins 26.

When an arm 20 is moved from the bundle release position shown at the rightin Fig. 5, to the bundle holding position shown at the left in Fig 5,1the pin 24 crosses a plane which extends through the pins and- 26'."

holding 7 position.

"Bymeans of this construction, the pressure of the wire carried on the router-edges; of the members 20 will not tend to force said .members. from. the. holding 7 position,

but on the contrarysuch pressure will'tend ,to hold theiimembers 20 in'the coil holding position. The members 20 may be swung .tothe release position shown "at the right in Fig, 5, swinging the links I 22 and 23;,totheposition shown at the right in jIn order that the rotary member 5- may be locked, when ,desired, against rotation on the base member 3, there is pivoted toone of the bolts 8, alocking member 28 having .two oppositely facing hooks 29, either of which is adapted to releasably engage any of the arms 11 of the rotarymember 5.-

For guiding the wire on to the members ,20', when the latter are in the holding position, I provide a horizontal plate 30 which is attached to a horizontal transverse bar 31,

which is-rigidly attached to therear end of the bed 1. The plate 80 is provided with a longitudinal slot 32, Fig; 3, throughiwhich the Wire passes. h v

Whenit isdesired to wind wirewhich is strung along .the ground, the wire is extended through the slot 32 and is attached to one of themembers 20. One of the hooks 29 is engagedwithone of the arms 11, thuslocking the rotary'memberfi to the base member #3: Ii thevehicle iis'moved iorwardly, the

3 and} 5 will {be revolve d vvvj'itlrthe wheel 2, and the wire will be: around upon .the members 20, the lattenbe-in'g set iii-the holdingpcsition shown in Fig. 2, and at the left'in Fig-A'fter a bundle has been bundle may beslipped ofi..

wound on the members 20, the links22-and '23 are swung totherelease POSllJlOIlSllOWI), at the. right in- F 1g. 5, in which posit on the To unwind the wire from the; bundle, the membern28 is unhookedfrom the armill with which the. member 28 is engaged, thereby permitting the member 5-to be revolve-d,

-- y .so that tl1ewire will-be withdrawnfrom the members 20, either by pulling on the wire, or by ho-ldingthe wire and moving the wagon forwardly. As the plates 16 can beadjusted radially on the U-shaped portions 13, said plates 16are adjusted, so as to be equidistant from the axis ofthe wheel 2. The bundleof wire mounted on the members 20 will be held concentric with the wheel 2, so. that :the

name to this specification.

"winding or unwinding of the wire will be eifected in an'evenand not a jerky manner. If desired the apparatus, instead of being mounted on a vwheel, may be used as shown "'in Fig. 6, in which case the member 3 is clamped horizontally by the bolts 8 to a horizontal. crossbar 33,1vhich is mounted on the .upper edges of the sideboards of the bed 1, and which is clamped tothe bottom of the bed by vertical bolts 34. A bundle of -wire may be then mounted upon the members 20 when the latter are in the released position. o The members 20 arethen swungtothe c011 holding position and locked in such posi tion in the manner already described If the vehicle is now moved forwardly and the free end of the wire is held, the wire will be wan drawn from the members 20 as already de- 1. In a wire reel, a rotary, support, a mem- 7 her carried by said support and having two diametrically opposite U shaped radial portions,,two clamping plates respectively radially adjustable onsaid U-shaped portions, means for securing each clamping plate'in the position in which it maybe adjusted and for holding it from turning, two coil holding members respectively pivoted to said clamping plates and movable to and from a' coil holding position, and releasable means for locking the 0011 holding. membersimthe hol ding positi on, substantially. aslset forth. In a -wire reel, two crossed bar'sias tened togetheifl'each havingitwo. diametrically opposite radial. U shaped portions, a rotary support to which one setof arms of said portions are attached, a plurality of pairs of clamping members, said pairsibeing radially adjustablerespectivelyon said U- shaped portions, a plurality ofpairs of bolts,

each pair of bolts connecting the membersof each pair of clamping members and extending between. the arms of the adjacent U.- shaped; portion for holding the clamping members in the positions in which they are adjusted, coil holding members respectively pivoted toone set of clamping members of said pairs, and releasable means forloeking the coil holdingmeinbers in a coil holding position, substantially as seti'orth.

In testimony whereof I have ESTEL L. CROSWHIiE.

signed my 

